beard-down. See
‘idha
r
beardless boys: contrasted with downy-cheeked youths in belles-lettres; objects of pederasts’ desire
beards: cultural significance of; plucking of. See also my
beauty, love of See aestheticism
belles-lettres: the love of boys as a theme in; as a source for real-life attitudes
Biqa
ʿi
, Burhan al-Di
n Ibrāhīm (d. 1480)
bitā ʿ
al
-
ṣighār
. See also
lūṭī
Blount, Henry
Boswell, John
boys of paradise (
wildān
)
Bray, Alan
Buckingham, James Silk
Bughytzt al-musāmir wa ghinyat al-musa
fir
(Ibn al-Wakīl al-Mallawī)
Buhu
ti
, Mansur al- (d. 1641)
Bujayrimī, Sulaymān (d. 1806)
Bullough, Vern L.
Bürgel, J. C.
Būrīnī, H
asan al- (d. 1615)
Būrsawī, Isma
ʿi
l H
aqqi
al- (d. 1724)
Burton, Sir Richard
Busta
nī, Buṭrus al- (d.1883)